ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SOUTH COAST HOTELS,

Bentota Beach is still one of the finest and most popular hotels in the country. A comprehensive watersports and entertainment facility opened in 1995 and a major refurbishment in 1999 keeps the hotel up there with the best of the new hotels on the coast.

An advantage to being the first to build is the choice of location, and it doesn't get much better than this site. Just over the bridge that divides the central from the southern province, the hotel spreads out in a green swathe between the wide Bentota river and the ocean. The ocean-side offers as good a beach as you will find anywhere in the country, while the river-side is ideal for all the watersports offered by Club Intersport.

Apart from the full list of watersports (plus diving and big game fishing), Club Intersport boasts tennis, badminton and squash courts as well as table tennis, snooker and archery. In fact, it's a whole self-contained club with nightly entertainments (discos, karaoke, films, stage shows) that will keep the young happily occupied throughout their holiday.

As the club is set apart from the hotel proper, it does not disturb the overall calm atmosphere of the place. The large, green garden offers guests plenty of privacy and the delightful 'rock pool' style swimming pool is quieter than most.
The quality and style maintained by the hotel is evident the moment you climb the steps to the lobby. The whole roof is furnished with a remarkable Ena de Silva batik and the floor to ceiling windows look onto a colonnaded courtyard pool and frangipani tree. That is a trademark of the architect, Sri Lanka's finest, Geoffrey Bawa. And that quality is maintained throughout the hotel, from the first class service to the spotless rooms and the rightly renowned cuisine.